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Read the PDF of this event at: http://tomtomfest.com/TomTom-Brochure.pdf. It seems vague. The wording of the PDF seems like this is going to be more of a hobnobbing of the arts community with various community leaders. It also claims that 2012 is a "soft launch" and that the real launch will be...

I think that lady doesn't get fired because she knows about how CS takes in and smashed air conditoners, etc without checking for refrigerant.
They just make you sign a disclaimer (when you leave) which is in English, a strange language not practiced by a good number of their peddlers.

I'm all for making it easier to buy some of the cool things that get taken to Cycle Systems BEFORE they get melted down (and shipped to China) but Cville Native's idea seems backwards to me. It would be a much better idea to take most of the "Art in Place" monstrosities to the scrap yard than to...

@hawes - never would I use the term lazy and your name in the same area...
I do like the idea of further recycling the metal there but I can see so much potential to do other things for the community too. How about contests of local artists creating items which proceeds could go to charity? Or...

It's so relaxing, searching for that piece of meal of just the right dimensions, or having that perfect potential, kind of like beach-combing, or gazing at pebbles in a stream. I can't wait.
Thank you, protestors, for appealing this to Cycle Systems.